16. The Future President Memorised Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech Immediately After It Was Given Because He Was So Inspired By It
Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous "I Have A Dream Speech" on August 28, 1963, next to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC - and it immediately inspired then 17-year-old Bill Clinton. So mesmerising and powerful did Clinton find the Civil Rights Movement speech in fact that he memorised all 1,667 words. Impressive - and it shows just how brilliant that piece of historical oratory really was.
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